Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Vice President Kamala Harris' loss to President-elect Donald Trump “heartbreaking” and said she had a “very emotional conversation” with the vice president in a recent podcast interview. revealed.
Pelosi, 84, made the comments to Lulu Garcia-Navarro, co-host of the New York Times podcast “The Interview,” in a previously unreleased episode recorded after Election Day.
Garcia-Navarro teased some of the things the California Democrat told her during the campaign. Appeared on CNN Thursday.
“Well, without revealing much, she spoke about the fact that this was a “heartbreaking” loss. She used that word,” the journalist said.
“She also said that she spoke with the vice president and that it was a very emotional conversation, that they are friends and that conversation was difficult for both parties,” Garcia-Navarro added.
Pelosi appeared visibly upset as she attended Harris' concession speech at Howard University on Wednesday.
Bay Area Democrats had great confidence in the vice president's ability to defeat President Trump, 78, until Election Day.
“We know what we're doing,” Pelosi told MSNBC host Jen Psaki on Sunday.
“We are not ‘predicting’, we are listening to our constituents, who have made it clear: [Harris] He will be president.” read post Pelosi's Instagram page spotlighted the MSNBC hit.
García-Navarro noted that Harris' loss was painful for the former House speaker, who played a central role in forcing President Biden to give up his re-election bid.
“Honestly, this is a very difficult time for the former Speaker of the House,” she said.
